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Local

Local backend refers to a local path inside stash sidecar container. Any Kubernetes supported persistent volume can be used here. Some examples are: emptyDir (for testing), NFS, Ceph, GlusterFS, etc. This tutorial will show you how to configure Restic and storage Secret for Local backend.

Create Storage Secret

To configure storage secret for this backend, following secret keys are needed:

KeyDescription
RESTIC_PASSWORDRequired. Password used to encrypt snapshots by restic

Create storage secret as below,

$ echo -n 'changeit' > RESTIC_PASSWORD
$ kubectl create secret generic local-secret --from-file=./RESTIC_PASSWORD
secret "local-secret" created

Verify that the secret has been created with respective keys,

$ kubectl get secret local-secret -o yaml

apiVersion: v1
data:
  RESTIC_PASSWORD: Y2hhbmdlaXQ=
kind: Secret
metadata:
  creationTimestamp: 2017-06-28T12:06:19Z
  name: stash-local
  namespace: default
  resourceVersion: "1440"
  selfLink: /api/v1/namespaces/default/secrets/stash-local
  uid: 31a47380-5bfa-11e7-bb52-08002711f4aa
type: Opaque

Configure Restic

Now, you have to configure Restic crd to use Local backend. You have to provide previously created storage secret in spec.backend.storageSecretName field.

Following parameters are available for Local backend.

ParameterDescription
local.mountPathRequired. Path where this volume will be mounted in the sidecar container. Example: /repo
local.subPathOptional. Sub-path inside the referenced volume instead of its root.
local.VolumeSourceRequired. Any Kubernetes volume. Can be specified inlined. Example: hostPath

Sample Restic for hostPath as Backend :

Below, the YAML for Restic crd configured to use hostPath as Local backend.

apiVersion: stash.appscode.com/v1alpha1
kind: Restic
metadata:
  name: local-restic
  namespace: default
spec:
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: local-restic
  fileGroups:
  - path: /source/data
    retentionPolicyName: 'keep-last-5'
  backend:
    local:
      mountPath: /repo
      hostPath:
        path: /data/stash-test/restic-repo
    storageSecretName: local-secret
  schedule: '@every 1m'
  volumeMounts:
  - mountPath: /source/data
    name: source-data
  retentionPolicies:
  - name: 'keep-last-5'
    keepLast: 5
    prune: true

Now, create the Restic we have configured above for local backend,

$ kubectl apply -f https://github.com/stashed/docs/raw/v2021.04.12/docs/examples/backends/local/local-restic-hostPath.yaml
restic "local-restic" created

Sample Restic for NFS Server as Backend :

Below, the YAML for Restic crd configured to use a NFS server as Local backend.

apiVersion: stash.appscode.com/v1alpha1
kind: Restic
metadata:
  name: local-restic
  namespace: default
spec:
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: stash-demo
  fileGroups:
  - path: /source/data
    retentionPolicyName: 'keep-last-5'
  backend:
    local:
      mountPath: /safe/data
      nfs:
        server: "nfs-service.storage.svc.cluster.local" # use you own NFS server address
        path: "/" # this path is relative to "/exports" path of NFS server
    storageSecretName: local-secret
  schedule: '@every 1m'
  volumeMounts:
  - mountPath: /source/data
    name: source-data
  retentionPolicies:
  - name: 'keep-last-5'
    keepLast: 5
    prune: true

Now, create the Restic we have configured above for local backend,

$ kubectl apply -f https://github.com/stashed/docs/raw/v2021.04.12/docs/examples/backends/local/local-restic-nfs.yaml
restic "local-restic" created

Next Steps

  • Learn how to use Stash to backup a Kubernetes deployment from here.
  • To learn how to recover from backed up snapshot, visit here.